Waning · 99.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°
Moon age
15.7days
Moon phase on January 6, 1939Waning Gibbous
On Friday, January 6, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
357,093 km221,887 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
33.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 6, 1939 is on Thursday, January 5, 1939 at 21:30 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 20, 1939 at 13:27 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Thursday, January 5, 1939 | 21:30 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Thursday, January 12, 1939 | 13:11 |
The Moon around January 6
More about this date
Friday, January 6, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 21, 1938 to the new moon of January 20, 1939, a cycle of 29.81 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 1939, or the whole moon calendar 1939.
- The same date one year apart: 1938 · 1940.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.